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yourself, a letter of indemnification willbe given to
you. Under these circumstances, you will be fully
protected, and if anyone tries to trouble you in connection with any information you have given us, you have only to appeal to me, and you will get the fullest possible protection the law can give you. We are sitting
here as a Court of Law and we have the same powers to
protect witnesses as the Supreme Court, and we will give you the same protection as the Court, and you need not be at all afraid I will add that anything which takes
place in this room is secret. Whether our report is to be published or not is a matter, to be settled by His Excellency, and nothing is to be said outside of what takes place in this room, and we must ask you to observe
the same reticence as we do ourselves.
You have built a great many houses, in Hongkong ?
Yes.
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Have you ever had any trouble in getting these houses 4:66
passed ?
A lot of trouble. The first house I built was through
Mr Fung Wa Chun as agent for Chau Tung Shang
39 and
41 Des Voeux Road Central.
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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Had you any trouble in getting this passed ?
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The contractor was six or eight months behind his time, and I had to let the first floor to Messrs vounsey and Brutton for their offices, and somehow or other some man
who was the Inspector of Buildings would not pass the house. I understood from the contractor that he wanted
a bribe or something of that sort.
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Pearson was the name of the man.
When did that take place ?
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That was in 1899 or 1900.
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